Overview
- A federal judge sentenced Sze Man Yu Inos, known as Yuki, to 71 months in prison for wire fraud tied to a bitcoin pitch.
- The court ordered $769,355.67 in restitution to victims and a $684,848.34 forfeiture judgment.
- Prosecutors say she courted older women with gifts and flattery, then asked for bitcoin investments based on false claims of wealth and trading success.
- Prosecutors say she kept soliciting money after charges, expanding from Saipan and Guam into Washington and California.
- One outlet reports she forged a federal judge’s signature to bolster the ruse, which the FBI criticized as contempt for the rule of law.